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Patent GB-190124133-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Boiler Flues
Inventor: FITZNER WILHELM
Filed: 1901-11-27
Granted: 1902-02-27
Abstract: 24,133. Fitzner, W. Nov. 27. Flues, internal.-The joints (welded or riveted) between flue sections are made in a contracted portion of the flue, so as to facilitate insertion and removal. The contractions also form projections against which the fire-gases impinge. Fig. 2 shows a welded joint, and Figs. 3 and 4 two forms of riveted joint.
Patent GB-190124595-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to Tubes for Holding Paints, Pastes, Lubricants and the like.
Inventor: SCALES WILLIAM SOULE
Filed: 1901-12-03
Granted: 1902-01-09
Abstract: 24,595. Lake, H. H., [Scales, W. S., and Doble, W. H.]. Dec. 3. Tubes or containers, collapsable. -A collapsable receptacle for paints, paste, lubricants, and other semi-liquid substances is shown in section in Fig. 2. The sides are made of flexible non - resilient material, p r e - ferably lead, tin, or composition metal as usual, and are formed with uniform corrugations or folds 2 and a thicker crowned top 3 with a neck 4 closed by a cap, cork, or the like, not shown. The bottom 5 is made of rigid material such as sheet tin, with or without a varnish or other protective coating 7, and is crowned to correspond with the top 3, provided with a flange 6, and secured in place after filling by turning over the end of the body part.
Patent GB-190125304-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Strengthened Beton or Concrete Floorings, Roofings and the like.
Inventor: THOMPSON WILLIAM PHILLIPS
Filed: 1901-12-11
Granted: 1902-11-13
Abstract: 25,304. Thompson, W. P., [Vereinigte Maschinenfabrik Augsburg und Maschinenbaugesellschaft N³rnberg]. Dec. 11. Floors; ceilings; roofs.-In addition to the main curved tension bars d, embedded in concrete floors and roofs, horizontal bars f, g are arranged over the girders or supports b, and may extend beyond the centre of the arch to counteract stresses due to upward bending moments produced by the loading of adjacent spans. The bars may be connected by cross-pieces h, and ribs or pieces i may be fixed to the bars d.
Patent GB-190206724-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Carriage Lamps.
Inventor: BOOTY WILLIAM
Filed: 1902-03-19
Granted: 1903-02-12
Abstract: 6724. Booty, W., and Salt, W. J., [trading as Booty & Salt]. March 19. Candle lamps.-Relates to means for connecting the candle tube to the socket in the base of a carriage lamp. An enlarged part a on the candle tube b fits in a socket c fixed to the lamp base d, a flange at the bottom of the part a preventing the tube from being forced up too far by coming against a collar in the socket. The tube is retained in the socket by a spring catch e, which is soldered or otherwise fixed to the tube and has a projection e<2> and a thumb-piece e<3>. When the tube is raised in the socket, the spring is depressed by the collar until the projection e<2> passes above it, the projection then springing back through slots in the part a and the inner plate of the socket to engage with the collar. On depressing the thumb-piece e<3>, the tube can be removed from the socket. The catch is made from a steel strip, which is bent, as shown, near its fixed end, to reduce the strain. In a modification, the tube is inserted and secured with the spring at any part of the circumference of the socket by extending the outer tube of the socket below the collar, and forming an internal flange on it with which the spring engages. According to the Provisional Specification, the collar may be cut at one part of the circumference, to allow the projection on the spring to pass without depressing the spring, the tube being afterwards rotated, to secure it in the socket.
Patent GB-190208486-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Operating the Carriages and Controlling Mechanism of same of Electric Telegraphic and Similar Printing Machines.
Inventor: JUSTICE PHILIP MIDDLETON
Filed: 1902-04-11
Granted: 1902-06-05
Abstract: 8486. Justice, P. M., [Rowland Telegraphic Co.]. April 11. Type-writers.-Relates to the feed &c. spacing - mechanism of printing-telegraph receivers, especially of the kind described in Specification No. 10,970, A.D. 1900, [Abridgment Class Electric telegraphs &c.], and of other similar printing-machines. The paper carriage a is mounted to slide on, and the shaft d is rotated by, a feathered shaft b. The shaft b is rotated by a pawl and ratchet c for the purpose of line spacing. The frame a carries two pivoted spring dogs g, h which engage with racks k, l. The rack k is fixed longitudinally, but the rack l is capable of a sliding motion under the action of the lever s and space magnet u. Both racks can be rotated to free the pawls by the double rack 2 operated by the release magnet 5. Even letter spacing is produced by means of a wedge 12 on the rod l which rotates a lock shaft, preventing a greater motion than the space of one tooth. The carriage, when replaced, is returned by a coiled spring and band 7, the spring buffer 17 having a latch 2, which, on engagement with the catch 26, prevents rebound.
Patent GB-190211525-A (GB)
Title: Improved Saturator for the Manufacture of Ammonium Sulphate.
Inventor: FELDMANN ALFRED
Filed: 1902-05-20
Granted: 1902-07-03
Abstract: 11,525. Feldmann, A. May 20. Ammonium sulphate.-Gases containing ammonia are delivered through a,tube c and beneath the bell b to the saturator a, where most of the ammonia is absorbed. The unabsorbed gases leave by a tube d, and enter a receiver f beneath a bell e. Fresh acid is charged into the receiver through the funnel tube k. The unabsorbed gases strike against the baffle-plate g, and escape, free from ammonia, by the tube h. When the acid in the receiver has attained a sufficient degree of saturation, fresh acid is introduced by the tube k, and the partially-saturated acid overflows through the tube i, entering the saturator beneath the bell. The tube c may enter the saturator, beneath the bell, by passing through the side of the vessel.
Patent GB-190216319-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Device for Adjusting the length of and Taking up the Slack in Electric Lamp Cords and the like
Inventor: MARKS GEORGE CROYDON
Filed: 1902-07-22
Granted: 1902-09-11
Abstract: 16,319. Marks, G. C., [Crescent Novelty Co.] July 22. Cords, adjusting length of; cleats or holders.-A cylindrical or other bobbin of wood, papier mÔchÚ, vulcanite, or other material, on which cord may be wound, is made with concave ends 12, 13 to direct the cord inward, and with an axial hole at each end to retain the cord when in place. A parallel-sided longitudinal slot in the head 11, and an oblique slot 14, enter one hole, permitting the cord to be placed laterally therein. The other hole may be slotted similarly, or may be entered only by an oblique perforation at 4, through which the cord must be threaded ; removal of the bobbin laterally from the cord is prevented by the latter arrangement, The shortener may be used for the flexible conductors carrying an electric lamp, and may be attached to a lamp holder by a short screw-threaded tube 5.
Patent GB-190220129-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Bandages.
Inventor: HIGGINS CLARA JANE
Filed: 1902-09-15
Granted: 1903-07-30
Abstract: 20,129. Higgins, C. J. Sept. 15. Bandages ; pads ; dressings. - Relates, more particularly, to bandages employed for the protection of the end of the umbilical cord in the newly-born infant. A pad 5 is formed of an inner and outer layer of cloth 6 with an intervening layer of waterproof material, such as rubber-faced cloth or oiled silk. The stump of the cord is passed through an opening 8 in the pad, and a piece of soft fabric 9 saturated with an antiseptic is placed over it. A piece of waterproof material 10 covers the fabric 9, and ventilating- apertures 11 are formed in both the waterproof material and the fabric. In order to hold the bandage or protector in position, an abdominal band 12 is employed, which conforms to the shape of the body and is provided with shoulder straps 13. The lower portion is gathered or plaited at 14 to fit the abdomen and prevent upward movement. The pad 5, if made on a much larger scale and without perforations, may be used as a receiving-pad in accouchement. An absorbent layer of cotton &c. may, in this case, be placed between one of the outer cloth layers and the layer of waterproof material.
Patent GB-190222932-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Keyboard Locking Mechanism for Mechanical Cashiers, Registers and Recorders.
Filed: 1902-10-21
Granted: 1903-09-24
Abstract: 22,932. Mechanical Cashier Syndicate, [Fairchild, C.]. Oct. 21. Receipts, checking and recording.-A cash register, recorder, mechanical cashier, or like keyboard apparatus is provided with the key-locking means shown in side elevation in Fig. 1, to ensure operation of the keys in proper order. The apparatus contains several parallel rows of keys 2, to operate cashier, register, or recorder mechanism in any suitable manner. One row is shown. Each key is a vertically-sliding strip, seen edgeways in Fig. 1, having several projections and notches, and is pressed up by a spring 3. All the keys pass through slots in a horizontal plate 21, which is movable longitudinally in guides by arms 23, 23<1> of a shaft 24. connected to other parts of the apparatus, so that the plate 21 prevents depression of any key 2 until the plate 21 has been shifted by the shaft 24. Each row of keys co-operates with an adjacent slide 4, which is pressed longitudinally forwards in the machine by a spring 5. When any key in the particular row is depressed, a projection on it engages an incline 4<1> on the slide, and, forcing this backwards, engages under a shoulder 4<11>, the key and slide being thus both locked until they are released by operation of a handle shaft 18. This shaft carries projections 19, to engage a flange 26 on any slide 4 that has moved rearwards, and to move such slide furtber rearwards ; the depressed key is thus released, and is raised by its spring 3, whereupon the slide 4 can be returned forwards by its spring 5. While a slide 4 is moved by a key, a series of projections 6 on the slide directly prevent the simultaneous depression of any key in an adjacent row. The slides 4 are connected together by a set of interlocking-plates 7, so that movement of one key and slide may lock all the other slides except an adjacent one. Only keys in this one row can then be depressed, but depression of one such key may re-set the interlocking-plate previously displaced, while the newly-displaced interlocking-plate again locks all the other slides except one. An interlocking-plate 7<b> is shown in plan in Fig. 6, in its normal position relatively to the slides 4<a>, 4<b>, 4<c>, 4<d>. Each slide has a vertical bar 11 situated in a slot in each plate 7, so that normally any slide may move rearwards. The slots have the four forms shown. If the slide 4<b> moves rearward, the plate 7<b> is moved to the right by a spring, and locks the slides 4<a>, 4<d>. If the slide 4<c> is then moved rearwards, it replaces the plate 7<b>. When the slides are returned by the operation of the handle shaft 18, Fig. 1, the bars 11 act on the inclines 15, 12 in any displaced locking-plates 7, and return these to the left.
Patent GB-190227737-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to the Manufacture of Butt Weld Tubing
Filed: 1902-12-16
Granted: 1903-10-01
Abstract: 27,737. Lake, H. H., [National Tube Co.]. Dec. 16. Making tubes.-In the manufacture of butt-welded tubes, the skelps 26 are of sufficient length to form a double standard length of tubing, and are fed from a table 6 into a furnace 2, in which they are raised to a welding- heat, and are then drawn through a welding-bell 12 by a draw-bench 9. To prevent undue stretching of the tube during the welding-operation, the highly-heated tube is slightly cooled as it leaves the welding-bell by jets 14 of air or water. After leaving the bell, the tube is transferred to a trough 16, from which it is fed through sizing-rolls 17 into a trough 18. The tube is then severed by a saw 19 passing into an opening in the trough, the two lengths being successively fed tbrough the skew finishing-rolls 25. The two lengths have one crop end each, which is trimmed off.
Patent GB-190228288-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Electrical Resistance Coils.
Inventor: DAVIS HARRY PHILLIPS
Filed: 1902-12-22
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 28,288. Davis, H. P. Dec. 26, A.D. 1901, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Resistance coils, for use with railway motors or for other purposes, consist of strip wound spirally with intervening scrap mica or other insulation. Each coil is wound on a ring 4 forming part of a frame shown in section in Fig. 5 ; the ring 4 is carried by arms of a ring 3. Such frames with coils are placed on a straight supporting-rod, so that each coil is situated within the larger part 6 of an adjacent frame, and the outer end of the strip is passed through an opening in the larger part 6 and clamped on this by screws 13. The inner end of the coil is connected to the ring 4 on which it is wound. The frames are separated by blocks of compressed asbestos or other insulating-material, held by projections 11 on arms 7 which connect the larger parts 6 to the rings 4. The supporting-rod is coated with insulating - material, within the rings 3. The frames to be placed at the ends of a set of resistances are strengthened by radial external projections. Each frame is provided with a screw terminal 8.
Patent GB-190300406-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Shackles for Colliery Trams and for other purposes
Inventor: HARRIS RHYS DAVID
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1903-06-18
Abstract: 406. Harris, R. D., and Lewis, D. W. Jan. 7. Couplings, non-automatic.-Relates to means for coupling corves and chains in which the coupling- pin is prevented from slipping out and the shackle is prevented from breaking. The jaw A has slots b<1>, b<2> for the passage of the keys d, e on the coupling-pin B, which is then rotated and locked by the spring pin c passed through the slot b in the collar a and through the slot b<1>.
Patent GB-190300425-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Lightning Arresters
Filed: 1903-01-07
Granted: 1903-03-05
Abstract: 425. Lake, H. H., [Hall Signal Co.]. Jan. 7. Lightning - arresters.- A lightning-arrester consists of a coil of bare copper wire 1 rolled on to a porcelain insulator 3 containing a soft - iron cylinder. The insulator has, preferably, end plates, through which it is secured to a base 10 by bolts. 5 is an earth plate arranged near the copper coil. The ends of the coil are secured as shown, one of them being connected by a fuze 7 to the line to be protected.
Patent GB-190302207-A (GB)
Title: An Improved Wheelbarrow or Hand Cart
Inventor: VICKERS THOMAS
Filed: 1903-01-30
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 2207. Vickers, T., and Spinner, A. W. Jan. 30. Hand-trucks; tipcarts; wheelbarrows.- Tipping-vehicles are made with the body adjustable on a frame so as to discharge in front and to carry the weight towards the wheel or the handles as required. The body b, Fig. 1, is fitted with transverse bars e, e', below, ending in rollers which work in slots c' in a tilting-frame c, pivoted to a link d on the frame a. This frame c is held by a bolt m, Fig. 4. The tailboard g is hinged at the bottom and held by the catch g<1>. The body of the barrow is held in position by a bolt k actuated by a handle k<1> and engaging with recesses in a central bar l<1> on the frame a. A flexible connection h, fastened to the tailboard g and the front rail of a tilting-frame, opens the tailboard when the body runs forward tilting the frame, and a similar connection led over pulleys i<1>, i<2> and fastened to the frame a, closes the tailboard on the return of the body b. The body may be made long to strike the ground on tippimg, and the arrangment may be modified to tip over the side.
Patent GB-190303742-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Turbines Operated by Steam or other Gas under Pressure.
Inventor: STUMPF JOHANN
Filed: 1903-02-17
Granted: 1903-05-14
Abstract: 3742. Stumpf, J. Feb. 17. Impact-wheels.-Relates to impact-wheels driven by steam or gas jets and provided with one or more return guide-buckets b, Fig. 3, having short steep admission arms b<1> and longer discharge arms b<2>, so that the motive fluid passes through one of the wheel buckets a, and escapes into a return bucket, which discharges it again on to the wheel. The invention consists in using double buckets a, Fig. 2, of the Pelton-wheel type and providing the wheel with double return buckets b, which may be arranged for either central or lateral jets. The return buckets may have internal ribs e and an inner wall.
Patent GB-190304829-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Clamps Employed in the Manufacture of Staved Columns or Pillars.
Inventor: KARL EDUARD CRISTIAN
Filed: 1903-03-02
Granted: 1903-04-30
Abstract: 4829. Karl, E. C. March 5, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Cramps and clamps.-A clamp for holding together the parts a of a wooden collar or pillar while the glue is setting consists of a metal strap h secured at one end to a block c and at the other end to a sleeve e feathered on the block and moved along it by a screw f with a hand-wheel g, the screw engaging a nut 2 in the block and having a collar 10 pinned to it to engage the sleeve. The block has a forked extension 3 with serrated points, and is provided with additional points and thumbscrews 4, so that it may be secured to the column before the strap is passed round it. The end of the strap attached to the sleeve passes under a roller 6 between the jaws of the extension 3, and has a number of pitched holes by which it may be adjustably connected to pins 7 of equal pitch on the sleeve before the hand-wheel is operated to put the strap in tension. The internal feather on the sleeve is formed integral with it, affording an increased depth of hole for the pins 7.
Patent GB-190305647-A (GB)
Title: Improved Engine and other like Packing.
Inventor: BELDAM GEORGE WILLIAM
Filed: 1903-03-11
Granted: 1904-01-21
Abstract: 5647. Beldam, G. W. March 11. Joint-making packing. -Packing for engines, pumps, hydraulic machinery, &c. consists of an inner crimped or pleated metal plate a, Fig. 2, to which strips of woven fabric b are cemented. The metal plate may be of tin, white-metal, or other soft-metal foil, and the woven fabric consists of asbestos, canvas, hemp, or flax, &c., and may contain wire. Both the woven fabric and the metal foil may be crimped, and they may be pleated separately or after they have been secured together. Packing for use in stutfing-boxea may be folded in the manner shown in Fig. 4, the outer part consisting of the woven fabric only.
Patent GB-190309120-A (GB)
Title: Improved Means for Protecting Windows and like Openings.
Inventor: FERGUSON JOHN NEWTON
Filed: 1903-04-22
Granted: 1904-05-19
Abstract: 9120. Ferguson, J. N. April 22. Window guards; window-shutters.-A collapsable sectional screen, for protecting a window or like opening against fire or entry, consists of solid or perforated metal plates 6, Fig. 6, sliding in a frame, preferably metallic, fitted in the opening, and formed with shoulders 4, Fig. 4, and a top pocket 1, Fig. 1. The sections, when extended, engage along their folded meeting-edges, and are guided by strips 14,15, and actuated by cords 11 wound on a roller 10, Fig. 2, and operated by a pull-cord 12. The collapsing motion of the sections is limited by spring stops 18, Fig. 6, projecting inwards and engaging the upper edges of the adjacent sections ; notches 19 allow the stops to be pressed outwards for the removal of any section. The bottom section is secured by a holder 7 entering a recess made in the sill and closed by a slide 9. Hinged jambs 5 prevent inward displacement of the screen.
Patent GB-190315950-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Furnaces or Stoves for Hardening and like purposes.
Inventor: BECHSTEIN CARL
Filed: 1903-07-18
Granted: 1903-08-27
Abstract: 15,950. Bechstein, C. July 18. Furnaces for casehardening.-The heated gases from a combustion chamber 3 pass by flues 4 to the chamber 5, i n which the articles to be heated are placed, and thence round the chamber 5 by auxiliary flues 10, 11 to the chimney. During the process of heating the chamber 5, the flue 6, connecting the chamber 5 and the flues 11, is open, but is closed gradually, by operating the damper 7, by hand or otherwise, as the required temperature is reached.
Patent GB-190316842-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Machines for Making Paper-bags.
Inventor: JENSEN BERNHARDT JOHAN
Filed: 1903-07-31
Granted: 1903-09-03
Abstract: 16,842. Jensen, B. J. July 31. Paper bags.-Relates to improvements in machines for making paper bags, consisting of means for pressing and straightening the partly-finished bags. On emerging from the first pair of rollers a, Fig. 1, the bag drops along the fixed guide b, against which it is pressed by a series of parallel rods d attached to the cross-barf on the movable arm g, operated by the cam i. The bag is then pressed by the knife k between the rollers a, m. The device may be used with any pair of rollers, and both plates may be movable. Fig. 3 shows an arrangement for compressing the sides of the bag along a narrow belt near the spot where the folding-knife 6 strikes. The bag 2, 3 is carried by the belt 4 over the rollers 5. The bent plate 10 on the arm 8, operated by cam mechanism, presses the sides 2, 3 on to the plate 11 or roller 5, and holds them until the knife 6 has descended, folding the flap 7 over the side 2.
Patent GB-190322086-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Decolourizing Oils and Fatty Matters.
Inventor: GODARD CHARLES
Filed: 1903-10-13
Granted: 1903-12-10
Abstract: 22,086. Godard, C. Oct. 28, A.D. 1902, [date applied for under Patents Act, A.D. 1901]. Fats and fatty oils are decolorized by mixture with suitable substances, such as animal charcoal, fullers' earth, hydro-silicate of alumina, &c., in vacuum apparatus at suitable temperatures. Fig. 1 shows a longitudinal section, and Fig. 2 a transverse section of the apparatus. The chamber 1 is heated by a steam jacket 4 and is provided with a rotary shaft 2 carrying stirring-blades 3, a manhole 13, an inlet pipe 8, a pipe 14 connected to a suction pump, a vacuum meter 6, thermometer 7, &c.
Patent GB-190324049-A (GB)
Title: Combined Universal Level Protractor & Clinometer
Inventor: RICONO DEMENICO
Filed: 1903-11-05
Granted: 1904-03-10
Abstract: 24,049. Ricono, D. Nov. 5. Levels and plumbing - instruntents ; angle-measuring instruments.-Relates to a combined level, plumbing-device, and clinometer, applicable also for " protracting" or dividing circumferences or peripheries into degrees, for setting valves or setting eccentrics on engine shafts; trueing-up shafting, setting boilers, girders, &c. in position, and for other purposes. The semicircular dial or protractor a is supported on mutually-perpendicular legs whose feet are cut to the same plane, and is provided with an upright back plate b, and a horizontal stay plate b<1>; the pointers f <2> on the true level barf on the rotatable box d', which contains the plumb-line, serve to indicate the required angles. The ledge bar c may be used for supporting the instrument, or work such as a shaft may be gripped by the spring a<5>, which is held by pins a<4> set in holes in the legs. A bar g, with a slit g<1> which indicates the vertical, slides at right-angles to the plane of the feet of the instrument. The bar is provided with slots for viewing the plumb-line, and to enable it to pass the pivot d<2> on which the box d' rotates.
Patent GB-190410015-A (GB)
Title: Improved Machine for Shaping and Forming Hats.
Inventor: BONE ARTEMUS RALPH
Filed: 1904-05-02
Granted: 1905-03-09
Abstract: 10,015. Bone, A. R., and Bone, G. W. May 2. Treadle - driving gearing for h a t - making machines. In order that a treadle may give a longer stroke to the machine, an intermediate crank is used, or a system of levers as shown in Fig. 3 may be substituted for the same purpose. The treadle-mechanism is connected to the machine by a link 5.